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FKIE_CVE-2020-11608

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-04-07 14:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:50
Summary
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6.1. drivers/media/usb/gspca/ov519.c allows NULL pointer dereferences in ov511_mode_init_regs and ov518_mode_init_regs when there are zero endpoints, aka CID-998912346c0d.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6.1Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=998912346c0da53a6dbb71fab3a138586b596b30Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/998912346c0da53a6dbb71fab3a138586b596b30Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200430-0004/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4345-1/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4364-1/
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4368-1/
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4369-1/
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6.1Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=998912346c0da53a6dbb71fab3a138586b596b30Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/998912346c0da53a6dbb71fab3a138586b596b30Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200430-0004/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4345-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4364-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4368-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4369-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04

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